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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    New Gulf War Illness Findings Reflect Difficulty Troops Have Proving Injuries Aren't Imaginary

    ​As this week's 393-obituaries-long print edition underscores, death is one of the ways of keeping score in America's wars. But as we reported in 2004 and detailed in a book, Home Front: The Government's War on Soldiers, it's the lesser-noticed post-war toll that truly determines the country' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    D.B. Cooper: Born in Missouri, Buried in Oregon?

    Pilot Butte Cemetery in Bend, Ore.​A woman named Marla Cooper has come forward claiming her deceased uncle is the infamous hijacker D.B. Cooper. Cooper, only 8 years old at the time, told ABC News that she remembers seeing her two uncles, one whom she identified as Lynn Doyle Cooper, plannin ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    You Can Get a Mortgage for No Money Down—Again!

    Government loan programs give housing developers something to market.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Easy Money Can Still Be Had, Promise Ads for Polygon Homes

    ​If you've gone to the Post-Intelligencer website in recent weeks, you may have seen that Polygon Northwest has been running banner advertisements with some enticing promises. "Communities located from Olympia to Everett," read the ads. "Prices starting at $159,990." And the real kicker; "$0 d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Reader: Mother of Gay, Mentally Challenged, Bi-Racial Male Cheerleader Responds

    The much-maligned "male cheerleader" in his native habitat.​Reader Suzanne Grundy responds to Gay, Mentally Challenged Biracial Male Cheerleader Claims Discrimination with a few clarifications about her son's situation. It's a little longer than most of the reader comments we run. But if you ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    Home Front Casualties

    Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Safe at Home, Ill at Ease

    The biggest group of Washington soldiers who served in Iraq are starting to return, and it's not clear we're ready for them.

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Veterans Day Address to the Nation

    A suggested speech for the president.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    The Home Affront

    They fight for us, obediently. Yet in conflict after conflict, American soldiers are injected, gassed, medicated, experimented on, exposed to chemicals, and given faulty weapons and equipment by their own government. Then they come home to vanishing veterans benefits and Pentagon stonewalling.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses

    Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    The War Hits Home

    As they laid Justin Hebert to rest, it was hard to square the death of the 20-year-old with what we know now about the invasion of Iraq.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Crippled Home Front

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    It's just too cheap

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Down nausea lane

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Scrap this cabinet

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

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